Apparatus for drying safety razors



Patented Sept. 2l, 1326. l

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CARL EGEN Linneaniv, orv s'rocKHoiiri, AND .GEORG KARL vILi-iELM-Joz-iiinson, or

.sifinsiiraiiy SWEDEN. f .f

APPARATUS :son inwind SAFETY arizona Applicationled December 17, 1924,1Seria1 No. 756,401and in Sweden Au-gustr, i324. .A

'It is a well known tact that safety razors lare very ditlicult to clean after use. l/Vlien the razor has been rinsed or washed in water for removing the soap lather 'from the same, it must be veiyrcare'fuly dried in order to prevent the blade and the other parts of the razor from becoming rusty. This entails the .risk of cutting ones fingers, and

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it might also easily happen that the towel orthelilre means ont which the blade is dried, is cut bythe sharp blade andis thus ruined. I The present invention relates to an apparatus for drying safety razors through the use of which the said inconveniences will be avoided. The new apparatus consists principallyot' a device for putting the razor in rapid rotationaroundA the aXis of its shaft or handle. In this manner the water on the razor will be rapidly thrown olii, so that the razor will become dry'in a tow moments, particularly it it was previously rinsed in hot; water, as is usual. 1n practice, the said device'mayube constructed in different ways. For instance, a securingor gripping device for the handle ofthe razor may be provided in a suitable traine, casing or the like, which device is connected through a gearing in tlie'l'rame-or the like with a crank or similar driving member insuch manner that the gripping device andv thus alsothe razor securedin the same may be put in rapid rotation around the longitudinal va-Xis of the handle. The trame or the'lile in which the gearing is provided, may be constructed in suchy mannerV that it forms a portion of the case for the razor, so that said case may serve as a handle for holding the device during the rotation.

In the accompanying" drawing two embodiments of the invention .are showiiby way of example. Fig. 1 shows an apparatus according to the invention in side view and partly in section, and F ig. 2 shows a cross section of the apparatus. Figi 3 shows a side view of a slightly modified construction in which the apparat-us is built into a case for keeping the razor, in the manner above referred to.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, 1 denotes the casing in which a gearing is provided, which in the embodiment illustrated consists of a worm wheel 2 and a worm 3. To the shaft 4 of the worm wheel 2, which shaft is j ouriialed in the two opposite walls of the casing 1, a CrankA is secured by means of which said Aworm wheel may be rotated.

rlhe crank properhas a forked end which yis pivoted by meansoii` pin 6 toa member 7 secured to the shaft el insuch manner that'the cranlrmay-be turned over from the position' shown in (lll Fig. Q with dotted and dashed'li'nes andl which the crank is to occupy when the device` is operated, into the position shown'in Fig.

2 with'tullldra'wn .lines in wliichthe knobV on the crank enters an aperture inthe Acas- 1.v ln this manner the advantage is"y attained thatlwhen not in requireslittle space. U y.

The worm 3isjournaledgin a 'sleeve '8V in which al ball 8? is provided against which one end oi' the worin `spindle bears, and in a bearing 9, and itsupports at its other end which projects outside the casing 1, a gripping '.devii'e `infwhich the shaft '10 vofy the In the embodiment illustrated lin Fig'. 1, said griprazor'to be dried may be secured.

pingdevice consists of a round cup orsleeve 11 secured to the worin spindle, and in which two'di'sli's 12 ot riibberor similar `clastic material. 'are secured.

useA the device v The rdfislis are pro` vided with holes at their centers, iiiwhicli,

the handle 10 ofV the raor maybe inserted,f

so that the razor will be held by lthe elastic disks. The use of suchelasticdisks entails the advantage that the gripping device may serve for holding razor shaftsoi various diameters, so that the vdevicefmay bef used.

for practically all eiristing constructions o i razors. y ing by a thin spring 13 which passes through 'a slot 14: in the bearing 9 andf'engages a 'peripheral groove inthe 'worm spindle,

and thus prevents Vthe worm 3 from movement in an axial direction. Vlhen it is desired to take out the wormffrom the casing 1, the springV 13 maybe moved out of en- Theworm 3 is 'retainedin-the casgagement with the groove in the worm spin- .i rection 'indicated bythe arrow in Fig.v 1. e Through the gearing 2, 3 the grippingv de.-

vice/,11,112 andtlus Vvalso the razor held in the same are in this manner put in avery rapidrotation around theaXis of the shaft 10, and the water on the razor is rapidly vthrown offv owing to the centrifugal force.

i 1 It is therefore possible, as a rule,"by turn- C ing the crank through a Yfew revolutions` is thus in this case intended to be sold together vwith the razor for which itis to be Aused, andthesecuring device needs thus only be constructedin suchy manner that it fits this particularrazon The razorv is in Vtheinstance illustratedsupposed to bev pro- Avided witha hollow shaft or handle, Yand in kaccordance herewith the securing device .consists of aslotted resilient pin 19 secured .to the worm of thegearing, and which is so dimensioned that it fits into the hollow shaft. It is thus only necessary to push the sli'aftonto thezipin. j The case 16 may suitvablyfserve` as'ja handle for holding the device while the .cranky 5 is turned. The crank may advantageously be removable, so that the cranl'may beplaced inthe case 16, when thedevice is not used,y togetherr with the Y' worin which may be adapted to be with- V drawnfromth'e casing 1, in the manner :uuvabove described.

he wormk gearing .above described may f ofcourse be replaced by any other suitable gearing,f-bymeans ofvwhich the gripping or-securing device for `the shaft or handle .ofthe razor .may be rapidly rotated. The embodiments of the invention abcve'- described, and, illustrated inthe vdrawings arefonly r to :bepregarded'V as examples, and it willbecvidelnt that the same lmay be modi- W fied in several ways insregardto their de.

tails withont, departing Vfro, aad: swpf thefinrentolif WeClaiin i Y Y' Y Y 1. YAnapparatus.for drying safety razors,

m the principle comprising `in combinationaframe, a securing device rotatably journalled in said frame` andadaptedto receive and-hold the shaftl of a safety razor with its axis substantially in alignment with the axis of rotation of said securing device, driving means in" said frame, and a gearing between said!x driving means and `said securing ldevice\ e whereby the latter may berapidly rotated k from saidwdriving means.

2. An apparatus for drying safety razors,

silient means carried by saidV Aspindle and adaptedv to receive and hold the shaft of a safety razor with its axis substantially in alignment with the axis 'ofsaid spindle, a shaft rotatable in said frame, means for rotating said shaft, and a gearing between said shaft and saidy spindle whereby the latter may be rapidly rotated.V y w l. An apparatus fordrying safety razors. comprising in combination a frame, a spindle rotatably journalled in said frame, resilient, means carriedfby said spindle and. adapted to receive'and hold the shaft of a safety razor with` its'aXis substantially in alignment with the axis of said spindlea shaft rotatable in said frame, a crank on said shaft, and a gearing between saidshaft andvsaid spindle whereby the latter may be rapidly rotated. f 4

5. An apparatus for drying safety razors, comprising in combination a frame, aspindle rotatably journalled in saidy frame, a slotted resilient pin'Y adapted to' fit into hollow" razor shaftl and-mounted Y on said spindlein substantial alignment `with the same, a shaft rotatable in said'frame, a crank on said shaft, and a gearing between said shaft and said spindle whereby thelatterv may berapidly'rotated. f 4

' CARL:I EUGEN LINDGREN.

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